ScotlandScotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament.
In 2014 it elected six MEPs, using the d'Hondt method of party-list
proportional representation.

Contents

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Returned members
4 Election results

4.1 2014
4.2 2009
4.3 2004
4.4 1999

5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Boundaries[edit]
The constituency's boundaries are the same as those of Scotland, one
of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom.
History[edit]
The constituency was formed as a result of the European Parliamentary
Elections Act 1999, replacing a number of single-member
constituencies. These were Glasgow, Highlands and Islands, Lothians,
Mid
ScotlandScotland and Fife, North East Scotland, South of Scotland,
Strathclyde East, and Strathclyde West.
After the result of the
United KingdomUnited KingdomEuropean UnionEuropean Union membership
referendum vote to leave the
European UnionEuropean Union in 2016, this constituency
will be abolished when the exit process (Article 50) is completed.
The number of MEPs returned by the constituency was eight in 1999,
seven in 2004, and six in 2009 and 2014.

MEPs for former Scottish constituencies, 1979-1999[1]

Election

1979 – 1984

1984 – 1989

1989 – 1994

1994 – 1999

Highlands
and Islands

Winnie Ewing
SNP

North East
Scotland

James Provan
Conservative

Henry McCubbin
Labour

Allan Macartney
SNP
to August 1998

Ian Hudghton
SNP
from November 1998

South of
Scotland

Alasdair Hutton
Conservative

Alex Smith
Labour

Lothians

Ian Dalziel
Conservative

David Martin
Labour

Mid Scotland
and Fife

John Purvis
Conservative

Alex Falconer
Labour

Strathclyde
West

Adam Fergusson
Conservative

Hugh McMahon
Labour

Strathclyde
East

Ken Collins
Labour

Glasgow

Janey Buchan
Labour

Bill Miller
Labour

Returned members[edit]

MEPs for Scotland, 1999 onwards

Election

1999 (5th parliament)

2004 (6th parliament)

2009 (7th parliament)

2014 (8th parliament)

MEP
Party

John Purvis
Conservative
Seat abolished

MEP
Party

Struan Stevenson
Conservative

Ian Duncan
Conservative
to September 2017

Nosheena Mobarik
Conservative
from September 2017

MEP
Party

Ian Hudghton
SNP

MEP
Party

Neil MacCormick
SNP

Alyn Smith
SNP

MEP
Party

Elspeth Attwooll
Liberal Democrat

George Lyon
Liberal Democrat

David Coburn
UKIP

MEP
Party

David Martin
Labour

MEP
Party

Catherine Stihler[2]
Labour

MEP
Party

Bill Miller
Labour
Seat abolished

Election results[edit]
Elected candidates are listed in bold. Brackets indicate the number of
votes per seat won.
2014[edit]

Map of highest polling party in each Scottish council area;
SNP
Labour
Conservatives
Liberal Democrats

† Ian Duncan resigned his seat in September 2017, to take up a seat
in the
House of LordsHouse of Lords and be appointed as Under-Secretary of State for
Scotland. He was replaced by Nosheena Mobarik later in the month.[12]
2009[edit]

Map of the highest polling parties in each Scottish council area;
SNP
Labour
Conservatives
Liberal Democrats